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Pink Floyd's The Wall Live

Since the release of Pink Floyd's The Wall late 1979, the album has been both critically acclaimed and a commercial hit. With its themes of alienation, loss and conformity, the album presented a very broad canvas which the group turned into a spectacular live performance.

Yet Pink Floyd only played four cities to promote the album:
- Los Angeles (February 7-13, 1980)
- New York (February 24-28, 1980)
- London (August 4-9, 1980; June 13-17, 1981)
- Dortmund (February 13-20, 1981)

Even before the start of the tour, keyboardist Richard Wright was already sacked from the band but went on tour as a paid musician. According to the wikipedia, Wright's influence was minimised, and he was fired from the band during recording, only returning on a fixed wage for the live shows in support of the album. Ironically, this fixed salary made Wright the only "member" of Pink Floyd to make any money from the Wall concerts, with the three remaining members stuck covering the extensive cost overruns of their most spectacular concerts yet.

This excellent audience recording was originally shared by Furry_Animal & The Greedy who noted: "This beauty comes directly from the master tapes, while the Man Of Leisure Music release is an FM broadcast of a first gen. This was obtained directly from the taper, and it's a remaster of his master tapes (made by himself), but whatever he did, it sounds wonderful. Amazing show, you are not to miss this one."

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	Disc I
Track 101	MC:Atmos (2:04)
Track 102	In The Flesh? (2:58)
Track 103	The Thin Ice (2:45)
Track 104	Another Brick In The Wall (part I) (3:54)
Track 105	The Happiest Days of our Lives (1:47)
Track 106	Another Brick In The Wall (part II) (6:09)
Track 107	Mother (7:42)
Track 108	Goodbye Blue Sky (2:36)
Track 109	Empty Spaces / What Shall We Do Now? (5:22)
Track 110	Young Lust (4:37)
Track 111	One Of My Turns (3:30)
Track 112	Don't Leave Me Now (4:03)
Track 113	Another Brick In The Wall (part III) (1:15)
Track 114	Comment (3.15) (4.4MB)
Track 115	Goodbye Cruel World (1:27)
	Disc II
Track 201	Hey You (4:21)
Track 202	Is There Anybody Out There? (2:53)
Track 203	Nobody Home (3:08)
Track 204	Vera (1:33)
Track 205	Bring The Boys Back Home! (1:18)
Track 206	Comfortably Numb (7:31)
Track 207	The Show Must Go On (2:37)
Track 208	MC:Atmos (2:34)
Track 209	In The Flesh (4:59)
Track 210	Run Like Hell (6:48)
Track 211	Waiting For The Worms (4:17)
Track 212	Stop! (0:29)
Track 213	The Trial (6:02)
Track 214	Outside The Wall (2:58)

Lineup:

Roger Waters - bass, vocals
David Gilmour - guitar, vocals
Nick Mason - drums
Richard Wright - keyboards

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